Re: Posts in languages other than English on help-guix?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Andreas Enge <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 05:02:40PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> What about allowing posts on help-guix in one of the languages that
>> regular contributors know, in addition to English?
>
> That sounds like a good idea. However, in the text, I would still say that
> English is the preferred language, or the language in which one is most
> likely to get a useful reply.

For help-guix I’d be willing to not explicitly state it.

>> The alternative would be to create separate language-specific lists, but
>> some (rightfully) think there’s a risk of a disconnect with actual
>> developers.
>
> Indeed, unless we get a lot of multilingual traffic, at which point we can
> still create separate lists.

Exactly, time will tell!  I think the initial challenge will be to get
non-English posts at all.

>> +       "Subscribe to the Help mailing list to get support from the GuixSD
>> +and GNU Guix community via email.  You can post messages in English though 
>> we
>> +also accept other languages.")
>> +      ("eo"
>> +       "Subskribu al la retmesaĝolisto \"Help\" por demandi helpon pri
>> +GuixSD kaj GNU Guix al la grupo.  Vi povas skribi esperantlingve.")
>> +      ("fr"
>> +       "Abonnez-vous à la liste de diffusion « Help » pour obtenir l'aide
>> +de la communauté sur GuixSD et GNU Guix par courrier électronique.  Vous
>> +pouvez envoyer des messages en Français."))
>
> ("de"
>  "Melden Sie sich bei der „Help“-Mailingliste an, um per E-Mail Hilfe von 
> anderen
> GuixSD- und Guix-Nutzern zu bekommen.  Sie können Nachrichten auch auf deutsch
> schicken.")

Danke!

Ludo’.